{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-155-49","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 49","heading":"Statement required by foreign law; penalty for falsifying","body":"Section 49. Whoever knowingly makes, executes or publishes any report or statement required by the law of another state or country to be made, executed, or published by a corporation, or whoever causes the same to be done, within this commonwealth, which report or statement is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 155"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter155/Section49","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:36Z","sha256":"e9e0f6a5c07b9353d8cfb42c3da76b95a02c6829874652a436aadcce43af1ac2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-155-48","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-155-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}